Mendlesham

Airfield
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Mendelsham Red Sqdn, 18 BS 5/45.' media-387817.jpg FRE 5462 B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Mendelsham Red Sqdn, 18 BS 5/45.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5462 - B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Mendelsham Red Sqdn, 18 BS 5/45.'

Built in 1942-1943, Mendlesham's first flying unit was the RAF's No. 310 Squadron - a Czechoslovakian unit. The airfield then became home to the USAAF 34th Bomb Group. This unit flew missions from Mendlesham in B-24s and B-17s.

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People

Earl Edward Saeger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33274497
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ground crew

Clifford H Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33718333
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Bruce Samuel Sothern

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew chief

Alfred N Steiner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Communications Officer/Intelligence

Carl B Stemen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron

Aircraft

43-38326

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bottoms Up
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron

43-38327

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron

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Document 17640

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: The Eighth in the East
  • Object Number: Document 17640
  • Description: Official Air Ministry Record Site Plan- Airfield site 1944. Mendlesham.
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Document 17641

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: The Eighth in the East
  • Object Number: Document 17641
  • Description: Official Air Ministry Record Site Plan- Dispersed sites 1944. Mendlesham.
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Document 17642

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: The Eighth in the East
  • Object Number: Document 17642
  • Description: Official Air Ministry Record Site Plan- Alphabetical index 1944. Mendlesham.
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Document 39796

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: Unit histories
  • Object Number: Document 39796
  • Description: 34th Bomb Group Unit History Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended in Europe but...

Revisions

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Contributor34thBombGroupH B-17Tailgunner41-45
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American Air Museum in Britain: www.americanairmuseum.com

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ContributorLucy May
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Added associations to photos where Medlesham was spelt 'Mendelsham'.

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ContributorScott 34th7th
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Wikipedia contributors, "RAF Mendlesham," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mendlesham&oldid=6799007… (accessed May 12, 2016).

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ContributorLucy May
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Added aircraft based at Mendlesham.

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ContributorAAM
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Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / http://mendleshamairfieldassociation.wordpress.com/history/

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